In a startling blow to cross-platform developers, Microsoft has announced it will not include support for the Java programming language in the upcoming Windows XP. After settling a lawsuit with Java ...

The Redmond, Wash. software giant announced on Tuesday that it will include Java virtual machine as part of the Windows XP Service Pack due later this summer. The announcement is a reversal of another ...

I need to run two versions of Java on several Windows XP machines. One version (1.6.0_03) for use with Internet Explorer and one version (latest) for use with Firefox. I began by removing all versions ...

SEATTLE (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. on Monday won a reprieve in its battle with rival Sun Microsystems when an appeals court stayed an order requiring Microsoft to include Sun's Java programming language ...

In a mixed decision handed down Thursday, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed U.S. District Court Judge J. Frederick Motz's December 2002 ruling that supported Sun's copyright infringement ...

The new Java Virtual Machine (JVM) allows Java applications–from games to collaboration software–to run on Windows XP. Sun says the new JVM will also offer new multimedia and animation support as well ...